I feel so intensely the delights of shutting oneself up in a little wo…

Virginia Woolf
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I feel so intensely the delights of shutting oneself up in a little world of one’s own, with pictures and music and everything beautiful. ✨ Virginia Woolf (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Virginia Woolf (Illustrated), p.48, Delphi Classics
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